John wock



(No Model.)

J. WOOK.

TUBULAR 0R HURRICANE LANTERN.

No. 589,061 Patented Aug. 31,1897.

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JOHN W001i, on CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR'TO THE BERGER MANUFAC- TUBINGCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TUBULAR OR HURRICANE LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,061, dated. August31, 1897.

A li ati n fil d March 26, 1897. Serial No. 629,860. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WOOK, a citizen of the United States, and 'a"residentof the city of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Tubular or Hurricane Lanterns,of which the followingis afull, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification. My invention relates to improvements in tubular orhurricane lanterns; and it consists of certain features of constructionand combination of parts by which the globe may be raised and lowered bymeans of eccentric levers attached to and operated by the bail or handleand without impairing the usual use or function thereof, as will behereinafter more fully set forth and described.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the lantern, showing the raisingmechanism and the extent of the depression of the bail or handle withoutaffecting the position of the globe. Fig. 2 is a side view of a portionof the top of the lantern with the vertical side tube removed, showingthe lifting mechanism and connecting lifting-wires in their normalposition when the lantern is closed. Fig. 3 is a similar View showingthe position of the lifting mechanism and connecting lifting-wires whenthe globe is raised. 7

Similar letters refer to similar parts of the Arepresents the oil-pot ofthe lantern, upon which is mounted the'air-chamberB and the burner C,which may be of any desired form of construction.

which in turn connect with horizontal airtubes at the top of thelantern, terminating in the centrally-dependin g air-tube D, carryingthe sliding bell E, to which may be attached any desired form ofglobe-holding catch, as F, for holding the glass globe in position. Tothebottom of the globe-plate G and upon either side thereof there aresoldered' or otherwise attached upright liftingwires H II, which passthrough guide-loops I and 1- upon the inner side of the vertical sidetubes and terminating in loops L and L.

Upon the top of the lantern, supported by To the air-chamber B and oneither side thereof are attached horizontal air-tubes connecting withvertical side tubes,'

the horizontal air-tubes, and upon either side of the depending air-tubeD, there are jour naled lifting-levers J, consisting of a single pieceof wire so bent as to form the substantially circular bail or handle,the ends thereof being first bent around and conforming to the shape ofthe upper horizontal air-tubes and in turn bent around and back uponthemselves, so as to form semicircular open camloops L andL upontheupperends of the upright lifting-wires H and H, respectively.

In operation the lantern can be swung by means of the bail to and frowithout in any way affecting the globe or its lifting mechanism, and incase it is desired to raise the globe for the purpose of trimming thewick or lighting the lamp the bail or handle is depressed, as is shownin Fig. 3, whereupon the loops L and L upon the ends of the uprightliftingwwires H and II slide along the semicircular open camways K and.K' until they come in contact with the end thereof, and the uprightlifting-wires are then elevated ,carrying therewith the globe-plate Gandtheother portions of the lantern attached thereto. After lighting thelamp or trimming the wick thereof the bail or handle is released fromits lower position, and the globe resumes its normal position.

My device provides an extremely simple and perfectly reliable means ofraising and lowering the globe Without impairing the use and function ofthe bail or handle; I

Having thus f-plly described my invention, .what I desire to secureandclaim by Letters Patent is- 1. A handle or bailfor a tubular lanternformed of a single piece of wire, the ends thereof being constructed toembrace the upper horizontal air-tubes, of a tubular lantern, and thenbeing bent around and back upon themselves, forming substantiallysemicircularcam ways engaging the ends of the upright wires carrying theglobe-plate substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 7

2. A handle or bail for a tubular lantern formed of a single piece ofwire, the ends thereof being journaled about the upper horizontalair-tubes, and having formed thereon substantially semicircular camwaysengagways K audit, through which are passed the ingthe uprightwirescarryingtheglobe-plate, engaged therewith and carrying the globe- IOsubstantially as described and for the purplate, substantially asdescribed and for the pose set forth. purpose set forth.

3. The combination in {L tubular lantern, In testimony whereof I havehereunto set of the vertically-movable globe-plate, with a my hand this11th day of March, A. D. 1897. handle or bail, the ends thereof beingjour- J OllN \VOOK.

naled around the upper horizontal air-tubes Vitnesses: and substantiallysemicircular eamways at- CHAS. R. MILLER, taehed thereto, and uprightsupporting-Wires BURT A. MILLER.

